Bakhtiarpur Assembly Election Result 2015

Bihar · Vidhan Sabha (State Assembly) Election 2015

Ranvijay Singh of Bharatiya Janta Party won the Bakhtiarpur Vidhan Sabha (Assembly) constituency in Bihar in the 2015 state assembly election, securing 61,496 votes (40.10% vote share). The runner-up was Aniruddh Kumar (Rashtriya Janata Dal) with 53,594 votes.

A total of 13 candidates contested this assembly seat. State Assembly elections elect Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) using India's First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) system, and the party or alliance winning a majority of seats forms the state government. Full candidate-wise vote breakdown, vote shares, and constituency information are shown below.

Top Candidates (Votes)
Constituency Details
  • State: Bihar
  • Constituency: Bakhtiarpur
  • Constituency Number: 180
  • District: Patna
  • Total Contestants: 13
  • Election Year: 2015
  • Election Type: Vidhan Sabha (State Assembly)
Position Candidate Name Votes Votes% Party
1 Ranvijay Singh 61496 40.10% Bharatiya Janta Party
2 Aniruddh Kumar 53594 35.00% Rashtriya Janata Dal
3 Akhilesh Kumar 12070 7.90% Bahujan Samaj Party
4 Jitendra Yadav 11123 7.30% Independent
5 Surendra Paswan 2791 1.80% Communist Party Of India
6 Ravi Kumar 2193 1.40% Independent
7 Sita Devi 2050 1.30% Independent
8 Ranjit Kumar 1755 1.10% Independent
9 Prabhat Singh 683 0.50% Samajwadi Party
10 Chitranjan Kumar 569 0.40% Independent
11 Subrat Kumar Yadav 503 0.30% Jan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik)
12 Pramod Kumar Nirala 421 0.30% Garib Janta Dal (Secular)
13 Kundan Kumar 365 0.20% Independent

About Bakhtiarpur Assembly Constituency

The Bakhtiarpur constituency is part of the Bihar Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly). In the 2015 Assembly election, 13 candidates contested for this seat. Ranvijay Singh (Bharatiya Janta Party) emerged as the winner securing 61,496 votes.

State Assembly elections in India determine which party or coalition forms the state government. The party or alliance winning a majority of Assembly seats in a state gets to form the government and appoint the Chief Minister. Unlike Lok Sabha elections which are held simultaneously across India, each state follows its own election cycle, typically every five years.

How to read this data: The candidate table above shows all contestants ranked by position. The vote percentage column shows each candidate's share of the total votes polled in this constituency. The bar chart visualizes the top candidates' vote counts for quick comparison.

Frequently Asked Questions

13 candidates contested from Bakhtiarpur assembly constituency in the 2015 Vidhan Sabha election.

Bakhtiarpur is an assembly (Vidhan Sabha) constituency in Bihar.

Ranvijay Singh (Bharatiya Janta Party) won the Bakhtiarpur assembly seat in the 2015 Vidhan Sabha election.